Its story

HIP 49253 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49253: right ascension 10h 3m 14s, declination +50° 6′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 49253. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49253, HD 86942, Gaia DR3 824004082922973952. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.